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Benedict Monteiro

Education

MSc Genomic Medicine

King’s Collge/St George’s, University of London

London, UK

2021 - 2020

  • Awarded academic scholarship.
  • 84% average in taught modules.
  • Modules covering the collection, analysis and applications of genomic data in clinical and research contexts.
  • Currently undertaking bioinformatic research project “Biomarker analysis of pancreatic cancer liquid biopsies”.

BSc Biochemistry with French for Science

Imperial College London

London, UK

2020 - 2016

  • Final grade: First Class Honours (71% overall average)
  • Final year research project dissertation:Environmental stress provokes a transcriptomic call to arms in Legionella pneumophila” (80%)
  • Advanced final year modules: Bioinformatics (69%), Mechanisms of Gene Expression (70%), Damage & Repair in Biological Systems (72%)
  • Cultural Dissertation in French:The importance of the Second Empire for the city of Paris” (74%)

Research Experience

Postgraduate Researcher

Vigilante Lab, CSCRM

King’s College London

Current - 2021

  • Developing a bioinformatic pipeline for the analysis of circulating tumour DNA in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC).

Undergraduate Researcher

Costa Lab, CMBI

Imperial College London

Current - 2020

  • Analysed RNA-Seq differential expression data to outline the transcriptomic response of the bacteria L. pneumophila to stress conditions.
  • Currently preparing manuscript for journal submission.

Erasmus Research Placement

Zucman-Rossi Lab, CRC

Université de Paris, France

2019 - 2018

  • Worked independently on a bioinformatical analysis of mutational signatures in liver cancer whole genome sequencing data.
  • Performed all analyses and designed the results figure for the “mutational signatures” section of an upcoming publication on the genomic study of a rare type of paediatric liver cancer.
  • Updated the R package Palimpsest with functions for the extraction, plotting and further study of new types of mutational signatures.

Teaching Experience

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Department of Life Sciences

Imperial College London

Current - 2020

  • Teaching of core maths skills to Biology & Biochemistry undergraduates.